Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Patent number: 10081029
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a paint mist separating device, and a paint booth having a paint mist separating device. The paint mist separating device can include a tapered tube, and a collecting funnel with a funnel inlet and a funnel neck, into which the larger end of the tapered tube projects, wherein the funnel neck is provided for connection to a collecting tank for paint. The paint mist separating device can include a collecting hood, which is arranged opposite the funnel inlet and which has a paint mist inlet opening, into which a smaller end of the tapered tube opens, wherein an outlet gap is provided between the inlet opening of the collecting funnel and the collecting hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Daniel Hermann, Wernfried Heinrich, Marcus Schnaubelt, Frederik Vandepitte
  • Patent number: 10084371
    Abstract: A multilevel converter includes a first and a second converter block series-connected between two DC terminals and a chopper circuit between the blocks. Each block includes a number of valve arm strings, each including an upper and a lower valve arm and a number of converter cells. A midpoint between the upper and lower arm of a string of the first block is connected to a corresponding primary AC terminal and a midpoint between the upper and lower arm of a corresponding string of the second block is connected to a corresponding secondary AC terminal. The chopper circuit comprises a power dissipating element in parallel with a circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Tomas Jonsson
  • Patent number: 10078105
    Abstract: A unique electrical system includes a first electrical component and a second electrical component. A conductor electrically couples the first electrical component with the second electrical component. A sensor is constructed to sense an AC power flow in the conductor and output an AC signal proportional to the AC power flow. A band-pass filter is in electrical communication with the sensor and constructed to receive and filter the AC signal and to generate an AC voltage proportional on the AC signal. A controller is in electrical communication with the band-pass filter, and is operative to receive and sample the AC voltage. The controller is configured to execute program instructions to sum sequential AC voltage values received from the band-pass filter over a sample time period, and to determine whether an arc fault has occurred based on the summed AC voltage values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Patrick Erik Schneider, Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 10077947
    Abstract: A cooling assembly comprising a plurality of fin elements stacked in a stack direction, a plurality of coolant channels each located between adjacent fin elements and extending in a coolant channel direction perpendicular to the stack direction, a first heat transfer surface adapted to be in contact with a heat generating element, and a second heat transfer surface spaced apart from the first heat transfer surface, the plurality of fin elements and the plurality of coolant channels being located between the first heat transfer surface and the second heat transfer surface. Each of the fin elements comprises a pulsating heat pipe embedded therein, a main pulsating direction of each of the pulsating heat pipes being substantially parallel to a normal of the first heat transfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Bruno Agostini, Daniele Torresin, Francesco Agostini, Mathieu Habert, Timo Koivuluoma
  • Patent number: 10079214
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device is disclosed having a power semiconductor element with an upper and lower side, the upper side being located opposite to the lower side; a first and second electrode, and a housing, wherein the power semiconductor element is arranged between the first and second electrode such, that the upper side comprises a first contact portion being in contact with the first electrode and a first free portion not being in contact with the first electrode, and wherein the lower side at least comprises a second contact portion being in contact with the second electrode, and wherein a channel is provided fluidly connecting at least a part of the first free portion with a predetermined degassing point of the housing for guiding an overpressure, which overpressure results from plasma and/or gas occurring in a failure mode, from the first free portion to the predetermined degassing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jaroslav Homola, Ladislav Dort, Ladislav Radvan
  • Patent number: 10080315
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling at least two power electronic devices by a working fluid. The cooling device has a heat receiver portion of the Pulsating Heat Pipe circuit system and a pair of thermo-conducting walls provided on mutually opposite sides of the heat receiver arrangement and sandwiching the heat receiver portion between them. These walls are adapted for being thermally connected to a respective one of the power electronic devices. The cooling device further has a heat dissipator arrangement with a heat dissipator portion of the Pulsating Heat Pipe circuit system and a plurality of fins thermally coupled to the heat dissipator portion for transferring heat from the heat dissipator portion to an external cooling fluid for cooling the working fluid in the heat dissipator portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Francesco Agostini, Daniele Torresin, Mathieu Habert, Bruno Agostini
  • Patent number: 10079193
    Abstract: A semiconductor module comprises a semiconductor device; a substrate, on which the semiconductor device is attached; a molded encasing, into which the semiconductor device and the substrate are molded; at least one power terminal partially molded into the encasing and protruding from the encasing, which power terminal is electrically connected with the semiconductor device; and an encased circuit board at least partially molded into the encasing and protruding over the substrate in an extension direction of the substrate, wherein the encased circuit board comprises at least one receptacle for a pin, the receptacle being electrically connected via the encased circuit board with a control input of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignees: ABB Schweiz AG, Audi AG
    Inventors: Fabian Mohn, Jürgen Schuderer
  • Patent number: 10079486
    Abstract: An example method for detecting and mitigating attacks on electric power substations comprises detecting a command to open or close a circuit breaker in the electric power substation. A modified extended substation model for the electric power substation is generated, based on the detected command and based on measurements in substation, where the modified extended substation model is a power flow model for the substation and for one or more directly connected neighboring substations. A power flow analysis is performed, using the modified extended substation model, to generate a predicted voltage for each of a plurality of nodes in the substation and in the one or more directly connected neighboring substations. Each predicted voltage is compared to a corresponding allowable voltage range, and execution of the command is blocked in response to determining that one or more of the voltages is outside the corresponding allowable voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Junho Hong, Reynaldo Nuqui
  • Patent number: 10074978
    Abstract: A method for controlling a modular converter connected to an electrical grid for active power filtering the electrical grid to compensate for a load connected to the electrical grid, comprises: receiving an actual load current and an actual converter state of the modular converter; determining, from the actual load current and a history of previous load currents, a sequence of future load currents over a prediction horizon; predicting a sequence of future converter states of the modular converter and a sequence of manipulated variables for the modular converter over the prediction horizon by solving an optimization problem based on the actual converter state and the future load currents by minimizing an objective function mapping control objectives to a scalar performance index subject to the dynamical evolution of a prediction model of the modular converter and subject to constraints; and applying a next switching state, which is determined from a first element of the sequence of manipulated variables, to th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Tobias Geyer, Wim Van-Der-Merwe, Vedrana Spudic, Georgios Darivianakis
  • Patent number: 10075047
    Abstract: A rotation apparatus comprises a machine base and a stator. The machine base comprises a driving end intermediate support board and a non-driving end intermediate support board disposed parallel along the length direction of the machine base. Inner holes used for supporting the stator are separately provided in the driving end intermediate support board and the non-driving end intermediate support board. The inner holes in the driving end intermediate support board are asymmetrical on the top and the bottom. The vibration of the rotation apparatus can be effectively reduced, the output power is improved, and a good cooling effect is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jian Zhou, Yiqun Wang, Zhaohui Fei, Timo Holopainen
  • Patent number: 10074969
    Abstract: A mechanism for travelling wave protection of a transmission line and a method for acquiring information of both voltage and current polarities from two ends of a transmission line. The method includes comparing the voltage and current polarities of both ends of the transmission line to each other. The method also includes making a trip decision based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Jianping Wang, YouYi Li
  • Patent number: 10075088
    Abstract: A load commutated converter interconnects an AC power grid with an AC load and comprises a grid-side converter, a DC link and a load-side converter. A method for controlling the load commutated converter comprises: determining a gridside firing angle for the grid-side converter; determining a load-side firing angle for the load-side converter; determining a grid voltage of the AC power grid; modifying the grid-side firing angle and/or the load-side firing angle based on the grid voltage, such that when an undervoltage condition in the AC power grid occurs, the operation of the load commutated converter is adapted to a change in the grid voltage; and applying the grid-side firing angle to the grid-side converter and the load-side firing angle to the load-side converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Thomas Besselmann, Stefan Almer, Jan Wiik, Sture Van de Moortel
  • Patent number: 10074494
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of performing point on wave switching in a multiphase electrical system having a first circuit breaker connected a first bus, the first circuit breaker being operated by a first controller, a second circuit breaker connected to a second bus, the second circuit breaker being operated by a second controller, and a subsystem transferred from the first bus to the second bus. The method can include receiving, by the second controller, system characteristics data of the subsystem, estimating, by the second controller, a time for switching based on the received system characteristics data of the subsystem and operating time of the second circuit breaker, and operating, by the second controller, the second circuit breaker at the estimated time for switching, for switching the subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Anoop Parapurath, Anil Talluri
  • Patent number: 10073749
    Abstract: A combination of a component-based automation framework, software-based redundancy patterns, and a distributed, reliable runtime manager, is able to detect host failures and to trigger a reconfiguration of the system at runtime. This combined solution maintains system operation in case a fault occurs and, in addition, automatically restores fault tolerance by using backup contingency plans, and without the need for operator intervention or immediate hardware replacement. A fault-tolerant fault tolerance mechanism is thus provided, which restores the original level of fault tolerance after a failure has occurred—automatically and immediately, i.e., without having to wait for a repair or replacement of the faulty entity. In short, the invention delivers increased availability or uptime of a system at reduced costs and complexity for an operator or engineer by adapting automatically to a new environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Ettore Ferranti, Manuel Oriol, Michael Wahler, Thijmen de Gooijer, Thomas Gamer
  • Patent number: 10074972
    Abstract: An exemplary electrical network in form of a ring system includes a plurality of infeed transformers which are arranged in parallel between a sourcing busbar/cable system and a ring load busbar/cable system. A junction point connects each infeed transformer to the ring load busbar/cable system. The network includes a plurality of current limiters, where each current limiter is positioned between two junction points. Upon a fault event of an infeed transformer, two current limiters on both sides of a respective junction point of the faulted infeed transformer are simultaneously tripped in order to reduce current in the ring load busbar/cable system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Hartung, Ralf Bockholt, Volker Grafe
  • Patent number: 10075060
    Abstract: An electrical assembly comprising power conversion system (PCM) having an output (OT1), a filter device (2) connected to the output (OT1) of the power conversion system (PCM), a pre-charging circuit (PCC), and an interface (ITF) for connecting the electrical assembly to an electrical power network (GRD). The filter device (2) comprises inductor system and filter capacitor system adapted to co-operate with the inductor system for filtering an alternating current. The filter device (2) comprises a capacitor switch device (S3) for disconnecting the filter capacitor system from the inductor system. The electrical assembly comprises a grid switch device (S4) connected in parallel with the pre-charging circuit (PCC). The parallel connected pre-charging circuit (PCC) and grid switch device (S4) are operationally connected between the output (OT1) of the power conversion system (PCM) and the interface (ITF) of the electrical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Ville Koivula, Markku Järvelä
  • Patent number: 10069687
    Abstract: A configuration module for automatically configuring the communication capabilities of an Intelligent Electronic Device of a Substation Automation system for an electric power distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Giuseppe Piccinini, Marzio Grassi, Diego Pagnoncelli
  • Patent number: 10069000
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bipolar non-punch-through power semiconductor device and a corresponding manufacturing method. The device comprises a semiconductor wafer and a first electrode formed on a first main side of the wafer and a second electrode formed on a second main side of the wafer opposite the first main side. The wafer comprises a pair of layers of different conductivity types, such as a drift layer of a first conductivity type, and a first layer of a second conductivity type arranged on the drift layer towards the first main side and contacting the first electrode. The wafer comprises an inner region wand an outer region surrounding the inner region. The drift layer has a thickness in the inner region greater or equal than a thickness in the outer region. A thickness of the first layer increases in a transition region between the inner region and the outer region from a thickness in the inner region to a maximum thickness in the outer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Virgiliu Botan, Jan Vobecky, Karlheinz Stiegler
  • Patent number: 10062526
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a medium voltage switchgear with interlocking device associated with an actuator drive, which operates a switching element via a mechanical coupling element. The switching drive is movable in two end positions until which the interlocking is active between a freely selectable middle position and a specified end position. In order to keep the interlocking active over a certain range of the actuator travel, the mechanical coupling element includes a force flux element that is rotatable during operation of the drive from OFF to ON. In this way, the region where the interlocking shifts from unlocked to locked can freely be chosen by the shape of the force flux element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Christian Reuber, Philipp Masmeier
  • Patent number: D828772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Heng Wang